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Good Journalism, not 24-7 News Cycle, Will Drive New York Times, Says Top Editor

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The new top editor of The New York Times told a Yale audience Friday that her overriding mission is to enforce the paper’s high standards as it continually adapts to the dynamics of digital age news delivery.

“What joins us every day is that we’re all working to produce the best news report in the world,” Jill Abramson, the Times’ executive editor, said during a packed Berkeley College Master’s Tea held at Sterling Memorial Library. (more…)

Aspiring Journalist Also Sets Her Sights on Winning A National Pageant

By Guest PostJune 24, 2011Cultureafrican-american women, alpha phi alpha fraternity, atlanta, CNN, connecticut, dwight hall, ebony magazine, georgia, gold pageant, journalism, liane membis, miss black, miss black america pageant, miss congeniality, miss gold, new york, nigeria, ruth whitney scholarship, women in communications foundation, world cup soccer, yale daily news, zeta chapter

In the spring of last year, Yale junior Liane Membis acted on a whim and found it opened up opportunities she never before considered.

That was when she made a spontaneous decision to take part in the Miss Black and Gold pageant sponsored by the Yale-based Zeta chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. She was completely surprised when she won the runner-up distinction of Miss Gold — as well as the title of Miss Congeniality — in the contest, which celebrates the achievements of African-American women. (more…)